Bale-tie



(No Model.)

M. CAMPBELL.

' BALE TIE. 'No. 263,680. Patented Sept. 5, 1882.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARVIN CAMPBELL, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

' BALE-Tl E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,680, dated September 5,. 1882.

Application filed July 10, 1882. Nb model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tie Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, whereby those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs may be enabled to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Similarletters of reference refer to like parts in each of the figures.

My invention refers to the way in which I construct and lock together the two ends of the bale-tie.

Figure 1 shows the two ends as constructed but not locked together. In this figure sheet metal or hoop-iron is used in the entire construction. Fig. 2 shows the two ends locked together. In this figure the locking-ends are of hoop-iron, the same as in Fig.1; but the main band is of wire. I make this deviation merely to show that the same kind of a look ing device may be used Whether a hoop-iron or wire band is, used. Figs. 3 and 4 show the entire construction of wire-in Fig. 3 not locked, in Fig. 4 locked together. 7

In all these figures the device is the same to wit, on each end a hook and a loop, on one end the hook and loop on the under side of the band, on the other end the hook and loop upon the upper side of the hand.

To make a bale-tie as my invention contemplates, fasten to each end of a bale-band a loop a little back from the end of the tie, as shown at a and a in all of the figures. Then turn each end of the tie back upon itself, forming the hooks b and 1)" upon the same side of the tie as the loop upon its respective end, as

shown in all of the figures. The hook and loop on each end must be so that when the two ends are drawn together for locking the hook and loop on one end of the tie will be on the lower side and on the other end upon the upper side of the band, as shown in all of the figures. To look together the two ends, lay the end 0 upon'the end B and draw the hook 12 into. the loop a and the hook b into the loop a, and the fastening is complete and secure, each hook being prevented from opening by having its open side resting against the back part of the loop or hoop upon the other end of the tie.

. It is obvious that in construction the loops at and a and the hooks I) and Z1 may-be of wire or sheet metal, atthe option of the maker, and

site or upper side, substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and for the purpose described in the foregoing specification.

2. In abale-tie, the combination of the hooks b and b and the loops at and a, substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 4--to wit, the hook I) resting in the loop a and the hook I) resting in the loop a, the open side of each hook held and prevented from straightening by resting against the back of the hook or loop or hook and loop of the other end of the bale-tie.

I hereto set my hand in testimony that I claim the foregoing.

MARVIN CAMPBELL. 

